Coffee and tea urn.



A. P. MONEUSE.

COFFEE AND TEA URN. AgPLIoATIoN FILED JUNE 21, 1910.

Patented Jan. 16,1912.

witnesses ALPHONSE F. MoNnUsE, or NEwnocHELLn, New YORK.

Specication of Letters Patent.

' Application led .Tune 21, 1910. Serial No. 568,196.

vented certain new and useful Improvements in Coffee and Tea Urns, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to coffee or tea urns.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an ap aratus ofthis character, in which either co ee or tea maybe prepared ready for use, within a comparatively short time and in predetermined quantities, the

hot water service-pipe being so graduated by means of faucets, that boiling water may be withdrawn from successive levels, 1n measured quantities, and supplied to the coffee or x tea receptacle.

A further' object of the invention is to provide a construction wherein the beverage may be circulated from its receptacle and made to pass as many times as desired, over the coffee or tea, to increase the strength of the beverage, thus doing away with the necessity of running the beverage off in a pitcher or other receptacle and pouring the same from the pitcher over the coffee or tea, as is usual in apparatus of this character'.

Other advantages of the invention will become apparent upon a complete disclosure thereof.

In the drawings zf-Figure 1 is a central, vertical section of my improved urn; Fig. 2

is a perspective view of the strainer cover to.

the percolator; F ig. 3 is a similar view of the dish-shape strainer or percolator;A and Fig. 4 is a modification of the apparatus,

showing a separate boiler in which the wa ter is heated and supplied therefrom to the urn in regulated or prescribed quantities.

Refcrrin to the several views, the numeral 1 in ieates a suitable metallic vessel' supported upon legs 2, and provided with a cover 8. A suitable distance from the top of the vessel, the inner wall is provided with an annular ledge 4, which supports a doublelwalled vessel 5, for containing the beverage chamber or boiler 7, and is made water-tight by cementing around the ledge upon which said container-vessel is supported. The con'- tainer is provided with a suitable draw-off faucet 8, the pipe of which is in communication with a suitable glass gage 9 for indicating the level of the beverage in the container. i

Mounted upon the container is a dishshape percolator or strainer 10, in which thel coffee or tea is placed. The bottom of the percolator is suitably perforated, and fitted down upon said bottom is a strainer-cloth 11 held firmly in place by a ring 12, which is provided with a bail 13 by means of which the ring may be removed to renew the strainer-cloth. Fitting on the percolator is strainer 14, which has its bottomW and side wall provided with closely-spaced perforations, so that any4 foreign matter, which may be in thel water used, will be prevented from getting into the coffee or tea. This strainer forms a .cover for the percolator, and isv fastened thereto by means of a bayonet joint 14', the connecting stud of which is shown on-the inner wall of the percolator, andthe slot in the wall of the strainercover is shown in Fig. 2, said cover being provided with abail or handle l5 by which it may be removed when disconnected. Water is supplied to boiler 7 by means of the valved-inlet 16, and heating means 17, or a coil, as may be preferred, may be providedu to heat the water. The chamber is provided with an valvcd overflow pi e 18, to gage the quantity of water supplie and with a draw-off 19, which is in communication witha glass gage 20 for indicating the level of the. water contained in. the boiler, the valves of the,inlet and overfiow pipes Patented dan. 16, 1912.

being operated by a common handle, as

projects through the wall intothe vessel, said i branch pipe being provided with a removable sprinkler 24, situated just above the strainercover of the percolator. Near the lower end of the pipe 23 is provided a faucet 25, which opens into the boiler, near the bottom therescribed intervals, is a number of similar,

faucets 26, all in communication with the pipe 23 and the boiler. The object and purpose ofthese faucets is to permit a measured quantity of boiling Water to be forced through the pipe 23 and out through the sprinkler24, by the pressure of the steam generated in the boiler. The ige 2O is provided with graduated-marks 27, and the relative arrangement of these marks to the mouths of the fancetsis such that by opening the upper faucet 26, a given quantity of boilin(J Water Will be forced through the pi e 23 and supplied to the percolator. A ter this supply is exhausted and the up per faucet 26 closed, the intermediate faucet 26 is opened and another given quantity supplied to said percolator, and so on with all of the faucets until the boiler is practically emptied, and again replenished. Itv will be obvious that any desired number of faucets may be arranged on the pipe 23, and corresponding number of indicating-marks provided on the gage 20.

I Communicating with the bottom of the receptacle 5 is apipe 28 provided on the outside of the boiler With a valve 29; This pipe communicates with the pipe 23. Let into 'the side of the boiler and into the branch pipe 23 is a steam injector pipe 3U, provided With a valve 31. When it is desired to circulate the beverage from the receptacle 5, through pipes 28 and 23, strainer pipe, and strainer 24, to pass it several times over the coffee or tea to increase the strength of the beverage, the valve 3l, is opened, permitting steam, under pressure, to pass through the branch pipe and thereby draw the beverage from the receptacle ."i through pipes 26 and 23, delivering it againV into the strainer. After the strength of the beverage has been increased to the desired degree, the valves 2 9, and 3l are closed. The beverage Awill continue to circulate as long as these valves remain open.

In order to readily clan the pipe 23, l provide the" end thereofwith a removable cap 32, and also suitable openings closed by caps 33, for cleaning ont the faucets.

From the above description, the operation of making the beverage desired, will be readily understood and further explainition rendered unmcessary, other than to state that the boilingl water falls from the sprinkler into the strainer-cover and thence into the percolator upon the cotl`ee or tea contained therein, through which it perco lates or drips into the container.

In the modification shown in F ig. 4, a

boiler 34 is situated externally of the vessel or urn, said boiler being provided With the necessary means for supplying and heating the water and with an overflow-pipe 35, and with an inlet-pipe similar to those shown in Fig. l. Boiling water is supplied to the percolator through the medium of faucets 25 and `26 and pipe 23, as heretofore de scribed Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, is:--

l. An infusion apparatus, having in combination a beverage-container, a percolator arranged above the container, a boiler and a number of simply-devices arranged at different vertical levels, whereby u'ieasured quantities of water may be withdrawn from the boiler and fed into the percolator.

2. An infusion apparatus, having in combination a beverage-container, a percolator arranged above the container, a boiler` a feed-pipe, and a plurality of valved devices in communication with t'he boiler and feed pipe, whereby measured quantities of water may be withdrawn from the boiler and suptplied to the percolator.

3. An infusion apparatus, having` in combination a beverage-container, a percolator arranged abovethe container, a boiler, a feed-pipe, and a plurality of faucets vert cally arranged on the feed-pipe at- Yprescribed distances apart and in communication with the boiler, whereby measured quantities of water may be withdrawn from Vthe boiler and fed into the percolator.

4. An infusion apparatus, having in com bination a beverage-containcr, a percolator ar anged above the container,V a boiler, a feed-pipe in comn'innication with the, lower part of the boiler and the 'upper part of the apparatus, saidl feed-pipe being providrtl with faucets in conununicalion with the boiler and arranged vertically thereon at prescribed distances apart, whereby measA nred quantities of water may be withdrawn from the boiler and fed into the percolator, and a valved-pipe in communication with the bevcragerontaincr and the feed-pipe. and a valved injector-pipe in communica` tion with the boiler and feed-pipe, wlerehy continued circulation oi' the infusion through the percolator and container may be obtained to give, additional strength thereto.

,ln testimony whereof l allix my signature in presence oit two witnesses.

AlilllO'Nbl) F. MONIQUSE.

Witnesses:

Dann-:L li.- Sxovnn, `JosnUA T, Rose. 

